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Normal childbirth : evidence and debate / edited by Soo Downe ; foreword by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd.

Holman Biotech Commons RG652 .N66 2008
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Downe, Soo.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Childbirth--Cross-cultural studies.
Childbirth.
Great Britain.
Childbirth--Great Britain.
Natural childbirth.
Labor (Obstetrics).
Midwifery.
Parturition.
Natural Childbirth.
Medical Subjects:
Parturition.
Midwifery.
Natural Childbirth.
Genre:
Cross-cultural studies.
Physical Description:
xv, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008.
Contents:
From being to becoming: reconstructing childbirth knowledges / Soo Downe and Christine McCourt
The role of pain in normal birth and the empowerment of women / Nicky Leap and Tricia Anderson
Birth and spirituality / Jennifer Hall
Normal birth: women's stories / Beverley A. Lawrence Beech and Belinda Phipps
Midwives' practices in 11 UK maternity units / Marianne Mead
Midwives constructing "normal birth" / Susan Crabtree
Rethinking risk and safety in maternity care / Denis Walsh, Amina M.R. El-Nemer, and Soo Downe
The early pushing urge: practice and discourse / Soo Downe ... [et al.]
Fetal to neonatal transition: first, do no harm / Judith Mercer, Rebecca Skovgaard and Debra Erickson-Owens
Promoting normal birth: weighing the evidence / Denis Walsh
Aspects of a controversy: summary and debate / Soo Downe.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780443069437
0443069433
OCLC:
225874374

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